Nutanix NCA-6.10 - Nutanix Certified Associate NCA v6.10

Life Cycle Management (LCM) in Nutanix is a feature designed tosimplify software and firmware upgradesacross the entire cluster. LCM automates and orchestrates upgrades for components like BIOS, hypervisors, firmware, and Nutanix software, ensuring that the cluster remains up-to-date with minimal manual intervention.

A. To optimize server performance:Incorrect, as LCM focuses on updates, not performance optimization.

B. To manage network configurations:Incorrect, as LCM is unrelated to network configuration management.

C. To simplify software and firmware upgrades:Correct, as LCM is specifically designed for this purpose.

D. To automate application deployment:Incorrect, as LCM does not handle application deployment.

The correct answer isA. It customizes alert thresholds.

User-defined Alert PoliciesinPrism Centralallow administrators to definecustom alert conditionsandthresholdstailored to specific workload behaviors and operational requirements. This helps fine-tune monitoring by settingalert criteria for metrics such as CPU usage, memory utilization, IOPS, latency, etc., beyond the default system-generated alerts.

Key Capabilities Include:

Define conditions usingpredefined metrics.

Set thresholds andseverity levels.

Associate alerts withspecific entitieslike VMs, hosts, or clusters.

Integrate withemail, SNMP, or third-party tools.

Prism Central UI Navigation Path:

Alerts & Monitoring > Alert Policies > Create Alert Policy

Official Reference:

Nutanix Administration Guide – Alerts and Monitoring

Excerpt: “User-defined alert policies in Prism Central allow administrators to define custom thresholds for system metrics, enabling more granular and proactive monitoring.”

Nutanix Prism Central Guide – Alert Policies Section

Conclusion:Custom alert policies donotautomate VM migrations (C), limit access (B), or control update frequency (D). Only optionAreflects the actual function.

Answer: A